After dominating the Super League for the majority of the season, Belfast Star now go into this weekend’s playoff quarter-final against UCC Demons with big question marks hanging over them after a dreadful night in New Forge last weekend.
THE League came to a damp end for Antrim at Corrigan Park on Saturday as they lost out to a Tipperary side that booked their place in next week's semi-finals.
AS far as the race for promotion in Division Three goes, Antrim find themselves firmly excluded as they make the trip to Ennis to face Clare on Saturday (3.30pm).
GIVEN the restructure of the 2025 Allianz Hurling League, this year’s campaign had a little less pressure attached for Antrim as the worst-case scenario is a place in the new-look Division 1B.
Last Sunday (Mother’s Day to many) a large squad of Junior Competition Team members from the local Merville and Grove Jiu-Jitsu clubs travelled to the Shankill Leisure Centre to compete against the elite of Jiu-Jitsu grapplers at the first local competition event of 2024.
The Antrim senior hurling team is proud to present the upcoming Antrim Senior Hurling Golf Classic on Friday, April 5 at the DoubleTree Belfast Templepatrick at the Kingfisher Country Estate.
De’Ondre Jackson put on a stellar show last Saturday in New Forge Arena as his stunning 45-point total enabled Belfast Star to finally wrap up the Northern Conference title and now look forward to home advantage in the Super League play-offs.
A FOURTH defeat in as many Division One outings spelt the end of any chance Antrim will be involved in next year's 1A as they came up short against Westmeath in gloomy and windy Mullingar on Saturday.
THE quarter-finals of the McComb’s Coach Travel Intermediate Cup (all 1.30pm) are down for decision on Saturday as holders Crumlin Star continue their bid for back-to-back triumphs.
AS far as the bigger picture in Division One goes, both Westmeath and Antrim will head into Saturday’s meeting in Mullingar knowing defeat will end any lingering hopes of reaching next year’s new-look Division 1A.